November 21, 2008

Manhunt.com - Get on, Get off

My goal is to be in a serious relationship by March 2009 (more on that later), so I decided to try out online dating. After some research, I settled on manhunt.com/manhunt.net over match.com, Yahoo! Personals and Craigslist "casual encounters". But to my surprise, Manhunt caters exclusively to gay men. WTF?!?! Why can't a straight guy sign up for manhunt.com and look for chicks? I think I will file a complaint with the state of California that Manhunt discriminates against straight people. Afterall, if gays can force eHarmony.com to provide services for same-sex seekers, why shouldn't straight men and women not demand that Manhunt also cater to hetereosexuals?

All this gays rights crap is getting ridiculous. If eHarmony refused to hire gays, that's another story. But if they want to only match one-eyed, Christian, non-smoking red heads, so be it, that's there's prerogative. What's next, chocolate-booty-lovers.com must diversify and change their business model to cater to Indians and Asians as well? Ruth's Steakhouse must also serve vegatarian dishes or face lawsuit?

Gays aren't making any friends when they pull stunts like this. Fight for equal rights in the workplace, equal housing, an end to "don't ask don't tell". None of this eHarmony shit.